Journal article
Relative contributions of adiposity in childhood and adulthood to vascular health of young adults
Q Huynh, L Blizzard, J Sharman, C Magnussen, M Schmidt, T Dwyer, A Venn
Atherosclerosis | Published : 2013
Abstract
Objective: Vascular damage is suggested to have origins in childhood adiposity, but it is not clear whether this is a direct consequence of being obese in childhood. We aimed to estimate the associations of childhood body size or adiposity with adult vascular health, and to investigate whether these associations were independent of adult body size or adiposity. Design and methods: Subjects were 2328 participants aged 7-15 years at baseline in 1985 with follow-up during 2004-2006 when aged 26-36 years. Anthropometric measures were taken at both baseline and follow-up. Carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) and three measures of large artery stiffness (LAS) were measured by ultrasound at follow-..
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Funding Acknowledgements
[ "Australian National Health and Medical Research Council, Australian National Heart Foundation, Tasmanian Community Fund and Veolia Environmental Services.", "The CDAH study was funded by the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council, the Australian National Heart Foundation, the Tasmanian Community Fund and Veolia Environmental Services. CLB, JES, CGM and AJV were supported by fellowships from the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council. We gratefully acknowledge the study sponsors (Sanitarium Health Food Company, ASICS Oceania and Target Australia), and the contributions of the CDAH's project manager, Marita Dalton, all other project staff and volunteers, and the study participants. We thank Shuying Wei and Elaine Marshall for reading the ultrasound measures." ]